Category: outdoor sirens

Recap of Oct. 2 severe weather, challenges faced, and a word on siren policy

October 3, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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event recap, outdoor sirens, radar failure, severe thunderstorms, siren policy, stormwatch+, technology, tornado warnings

Until last night, it had been a long time since widespread severe weather (not including biblical flooding events) had affected the Memphis metro. […]
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New siren activation policy coming to the city of Memphis

September 22, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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Memphis, outdoor sirens, siren policy, tornado warnings

In Shelby County, there are five entities responsible for outdoor warning sirens to alert the populace that a Tornado Warning has been issued […]
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Bartlett changes outdoor warning siren policy

June 2, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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bartlett, outdoor sirens, tornado warnings

As of June 1, Bartlett officials have modified the city’s outdoor siren warning system policy to sound less often during adverse weather, just […]
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Germantown residents to hear outdoor sirens less often

October 10, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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outdoor sirens, tornado warnings

Residents of Germantown, TN will be hearing outdoor warning sirens less often, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing. A couple of weeks […]
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Outdoor warning sirens – part 3: the warning process and future of severe weather warning systems

April 19, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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emergency management, MSCEMA, outdoor sirens, stormwatch+, technology, tornado warnings

This part of the series is a long time coming, but here it is! In the first two posts of this series on […]
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Outdoor warning sirens – part 2: the role of outdoor warning sirens

March 9, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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emergency management, MSCEMA, outdoor sirens

In part 1 of this MWN Blog series on outdoor warning sirens, we examined the role of the Memphis/Shelby County Emergency Management Agency […]
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Outdoor warning sirens – part 1: the role of the EMA during severe weather

March 7, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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emergency management, MSCEMA, outdoor sirens, tornado warnings

Recently I had the honor and pleasure of sitting down with several individuals from the Memphis/Shelby County Emergency Management Agency (MSCEMA), including Mr. Bob Nations, […]
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A word on Tornado Warnings and outdoor warning sirens

May 25, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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outdoor sirens, tornado warnings

There is always a lot of confusion regarding the sounding of “tornado sirens” during severe weather. Here is some information that might help: […]
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